[Posted
Jan 14, 2011]Women's independence a myth
Abortions on the rise
CBS New York Jan 7, 2011
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39 Percent Of NYC Pregnancies Result In Abortion
Archbishop Timothy Dolan is calling for efforts to make abortions in New York City “rare.”
Dolan gathered with other religious leaders on Thursday to draw attention to the city’s high abortion rate. The city health department last month released statistics that showed 39 percent of pregnancies ended with induced termination in 2009.
...Forty-six percent of all births in the Bronx result in abortions—the highest among the five boroughs, according to the report. go to story
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...The woman wants equal right. Equal rights they enjoy, and the woman becomes pregnant, and he goes away, the boy. And she has to kill the child or beg from the government. This is her freedom. And still, equal rights. Where equal right? The boy has gone away. You also go away? No. You'll have to carry the child. To get freedom you have to kill or you have to beg. And still she thinks, "I am free." more
Cheated in the name of independence
Room conversation with writer Sandy Nixon, Philadelphia, July 13, 1975
SANDY NIXON: Here's another [question], kind of on that line. How do you feel about women's lib?
JAYATIRTHA: She wants to know about the women's liberation. What is our feeling about women's liberation.
PRABHUPADA: That I don't want to discuss because... [laughs] They... As you have asked, I may explain that how foolish women are being cheated by the intelligent man. You see... They have given. In your country, they have given you liberty. Liberty means equal rights, is it not? Man and woman has got equal rights.
SANDY NIXON: They're trying in this country.
PRABHUPADA: All right, trying. But you women, you cannot see that this so-called equal rights means cheating the woman. Now I say more clearly that a woman and man meets. Now they become lover. Then they have sex, and the woman becomes pregnant, and the man goes away. The simple woman, she has to take charge of the child and beg from government alms, "Please give me money." This is your independence. Do you admit this is independence, that the man makes the woman pregnant and he goes away without any responsibility, and the woman cannot give up the child, she maintains, begging from the government or she tries to kill the child? Do you think it is very good independence? What is your answer?
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GUEST: Well, she has made the choice to have...
PRABHUPADA: That means, that is 34 ounce [brain]. You have made your choice to kill your own child. Is that very good choice?
SANDY NIXON: It's the worst crime you could commit.
PRABHUPADA: Do you think it is very good business?
GUEST: I think this is a very complicated question.
PRABHUPADA: Therefore I say they are cheating you in the name of independence. That you do not understand. Therefore 34 ounce. They are cheating you, and you are thinking you are independent.
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